First Aid Kit

The Bell

First Aid Kit


Tom: Em

INTRO / INTERLUDE / RIFF [slow, 3/4]
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
B|-------0-----0-----0------|------0-----0-----0------|------0-----0-----0--------|------0-----0|
G|-----0-----0-----0--------|----0-----0-----0--------|----0-----0-----0----------|----0-----0--|
D|--0-----2-----0-----------|-0-----2-----0-----------|-2-----4-----5------10-9-7-|-5-----5-----|
A|--------------------4-3-2-|-------------------4-3-2-|---------------------------|-------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
    G     G6    G             G     G6    G             Em   Emadd9 Em             G

VERSE
E|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| The strumming varies a lot.
B|-------------------------0---------------|--------------0---------1--------0-----| you can pick multiple
G|--------0----------0--------0-------0----|-----0-----------0---------0--------0--| notes at once. This is not
D|-----2----------2----------------------0-|--------2------------------------------| meant to be that accurate.
A|-2--------0^2--------2--------0^2--------|-3------------------3------------------| The hammer-ons are
E|-0-------------------0-------------------|----------3------------------3---------| essential though.
   Em                                        C        G         C        G

CHORUS
E|--------------------------|--------------------------| ..
B|----1-----1-----1-----1---|----0-----0-----0-----0---| ..
G:°-----0-----0-----0-----0-|------2-----2-----2-----0-|.. Same here, you can vary the 
D:°-------------------------|--------------------------|.. picking pattern of course.
A:|-3-----3-----3-----3------|-2-----2-----2-----2------| ..
E:|--------------------------|--------------------------| ..
   C                          B7

..--------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
..----1-----1-----1-----1---|-----------------------1-----1--|---1-----1-----1-----1---|
..------0-----0-----0-----0-|------2-0-0^2---2-0------0-----0|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
..--------------------------|-3------------3-------2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2----|
..-3-----3-----3-----3------|----3---------3-----3-----3-----|3-----3-----3-----3------|
..--------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
   C                          F                  C            C

:::Intro:::

:::Verse:::
Em
Don't place your bets on me
    Em
I'm tired and I'm only
     C          G
With nothing to offer you
C          G
Nothing to offer you

    Em
The pavement stares gray and cold
    Em
Our lives are a story told
C            G
Coming to an ending
     C            G
It's coming to an ending


:::Chorus:::
C
How could I turn around?
B7
Face the sound of the bell that shines?
C
Ringing out, shrill and loud
   F            C                            G (Riff)
To drag me back down... , but I'm not coming home


:::Verse:::
Em
Been out here for so long
    Em
The road just stretches on
     C         G
Till I stop pretending
     C         G
Till I stop pretending

        Em
But the world is an empty frame
    Em
And now you are just a name
     C            G
I'll keep it that way
     C            G
It's staying that way


:::Chorus:::
C
How could I turn around?
B7
Face the sound of the bell that shines?
C
Ringing out, shrill and loud
F            C                            G
To drag me back down... , but I'm not coming home


:::Interlude:::
G (Riff)
I tried hard to be brave
G                      Em
I tried hard not to be afraid
                   G
But trying wasn't enough

G (Riff)
I tried hard to be brave
G                      Em
I tried hard not to be afraid
                   G
But trying wasn't enough


:::Outro:::
    G
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
    C            Cmaj7   -- Cmaj7 is optional
Can you hear the bell?
    C            Cmaj7
Can you hear the bell?
    G
The bell, the bell

    C            Cmaj7
Can you hear the bell?
    C            Cmaj7
Can you hear the bell?
    G
The bell, the bell

         C                           G
From the rust that lies deep in it's throat
       C               G
I hear solemn monotone notes
    C                        G
The danger, the ebbs and the flows
       C          G     C          G      D
In the silence of night he lets me know
C                      G (Riff)    Em
  That I'm not coming home

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